Public Financial Management Certificate

Fourteen of these units are MPA core courses

• PPD 500 Intersectoral Leadership Units: 2
• PPD 501a Economics for Policy, Planning and Development Units: 2
• PPD 501b Economics for Policy, Planning and Development Units: 2
• PPD 540 Public Administration and Society Units: 4
• PPD 546 Capstone in Public Administration Units: 4

and 12 units of management competencies

• PPD 541 Public Financial Management and Budgeting Units: 4

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• PPD 542 Policy and Program Evaluation Units: 4 or
• PPD 557 Modeling and Operations Research Units: 4

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• PPD 545 Human Behavior in Public Organizations Units: 4

In addition,

In addition, students must take 16 units of course work in finance and related subjects

• PPD 516 Financial Accounting for Health Care Organizations Units: 4

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• PPD 554 Foundations of Public Policy Analysis Units: 2 ^* or
• PPD 555 Public Policy Formulation and Implementation Units: 4

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• PPD 647 Finance of the Public Sector Units: 4 and
• PPD 661 Intergovernmental Management: Local Perspective Units: 4 or
• PPD 662 Intergovernmental Management: State Perspective Units: 4 or
• PPD 669 Federal Management Systems Units: 4

Ten units of approved electives will be selected from among:

• PPD 510b Financial Management of Health Services Units: 2
• PPD 542 Policy and Program Evaluation Units: 4
• PPD 652 Financial Administration in Local Government Units: 4
• PPD 660 Local Agency Debt and Cash Administration Units: 4
• PPD 661 Intergovernmental Management: Local Perspective Units: 4
• PPD 662 Intergovernmental Management: State Perspective Units: 4
• PPD 669 Federal Management Systems Units: 4
• PPD 679 Financial Administration in Developing Countries Units: 4
• PPD 688 Business and Public Policy Units: 4

Preservice Students

Preservice students must also serve an internship and be enrolled in PPD 543 .

• PPD 543 Internship Seminar Units: 1

Specialization in Intergovernmental Management

Students may receive this certificate with a specialization in intergovernmental management provided they complete the three course sequence (PPD 661 , PPD 662 , PPD 669 ). Students may satisfy this requirement if they apply two of these courses toward the 10-unit elective requirement and apply the third course toward the 16-unit finance and related subjects requirement.

• PPD 661 Intergovernmental Management: Local Perspective Units: 4
• PPD 662 Intergovernmental Management: State Perspective Units: 4
• PPD 669 Federal Management Systems Units: 4

Note:

^*Students who select PPD 554  (rather than PPD 555 ) must select an additional 2-unit elective.